Serena Williams loses in three sets in her first Wimbledon match in 4 years: As it happened | Tennis News
Serena Williams vs Maya Joint Wimbledon Match Highlights:Serena Williams unsurprisingly looked pretty rusty to start off the match against Maya Joint, 24 years her junior, but she grew into the game as it wore on. She lost the first set 3-6 but then forced the second into a tie-breaker. She first saved match point in it and then went on to win the tie-breaker itself to force the match into a deciding set.
Serena then took the lead for the first time in the match but, as the clock ticked past two hours in the match, the effort started to show on the 44-year–old. She ended up losing three games in a row to go from 2-1 up to 4-2 down. While she bit back to make it 4-3, Joint managed to see it through in the end. Serena was all smiles as she walked off the Centre Court to rapturous applause.Story continues below this ad
While it was the end of the adventure for her in singles, Serena will be back a couple of days later with her ser Venus in a reunion of the legendary Williams sers doubles pair that won 14 Grand Slam titles – six of them at Wimbledon – and three Olympic gold medals. They will be facing Camilla Osorio of Colombia and Solana Sierra of Argentina on Thursday.
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Serena Williams of the United States arrives to practice one day ahead of the start of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Sunday, June 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Serena Williams is set to return at the Wimbledon 2026 on Tuesday after having officially retired from the sport back in September 2022, but during her time away from the court, she has accomplished a lot including solidifying her business and philanthropic empire.
Earlier this month, Williams had also returned to professional tennis as well when she teamed up with 19-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko to take on the third-seeded duo Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Erin Routliffe at Queen’s Club. Williams and Mboko had won that match but their partnership was cut short when the latter suffered a knee injury that ruled her out of Wimbledon. READ MORE
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